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Pen, Pencil, and Poison: A Study

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Text upon which this Online Edition is Based: First version, in Fortnightly Review, January 1889. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. Volume XLV New Series, Volume LI Old Series. A revised version was published in Intentions, May 1891.

This ebook contains Wilde's biographical essay about an art critic who was also a murderer. The essay explores the relationship between forged art and forged life, and underlines the symmetry between crime and culture in the late-Victorian period.

Date Published: 19 July 2012
Writer:
Oscar Wilde
In Collection(s): Oscar Wilde
Keywords:
Wilde, Art, forgery, aesthetics, Victorians
Source:
Victorian Prose
Cite: Pen, Pencil, and Poison: A Study by Oscar Wilde at https://victorianprose.blogspot.com/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/pen-pencil-poison-study. Published on 19 July 2012. Accessed on 21 November 2024.

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